Word: blaze
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Sunday evening, July 12, a fire started in the chemical room of Boylston Hall. The blaze was extinguished before much damage was done. The damage which was caused largely by water, amounted to between two and three thousand dollars...
Brown University had a narrow escape from losing its ancient Hope College and Manning Hall by fire on Tuesday afternoon. A janitor discovered a lively blaze in the basement of Hope College in a large waste-paper bin. A general alarm was sent out; but before aid arrived the fire had reached the roof. Eight rooms were burned out, the roof was burned, and all the other rooms in the building were soaked. The loss is about $5000 to the corporation and $1500 to the students. The losses are covered by insurance. Hope College is the oldest of the Brown...
Late yesterday afternoon there was an alarm of fire at the Holmes Field grand stand, but the blaze was already extinguished when the engines arrived...
...their best to show their appreciation of the great victory by illuminating their rooms and turning out in full force to join the procession. The shop keepers in the square, too, make a brilliant exhibition of red drapery and red lights. In short all Cambridge was one blaze of glorious...